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Sranan Tongo (Sranantongo, "Surinamese tongue",
Sranan,
Surinamese Creole) is an English-based
creole language from Suriname, in
South America,
where it...
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instance Dutch and
Sranan Tongo), the
society functions as a diglossia,
where Dutch is the
standardized and
formal prestige register and
Sranan Tongo generally...
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Suriname /ˈsʊərɪnæm, -nɑːm/ SOOR-in-A(H)M, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ,
Sranan Tongo:
Sranan [
sraˈnãŋ], Sarnámi Hindustáni:
Sarnam [sarnām], Surinamese-Javanese:...
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Sranan Tongo, or for
short Sranan, an English-based
creole language spoken by many
people in Suriname, is not an
official language of
Surinam but it has...
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Maroni (French: [maʁɔni]) or
Marowijne (Dutch: [maːroːˈʋɛinə];
Sranan Tongo: Marwina-Liba) is a
river in
South America that
forms the
border between...
- influence. They had
their own religion, Winti, and
their own language,
Sranan Tongo. They also used this as a
subtle form of resistance. For example,...
- Suriname.
Women who wear the
dress are
called kotomisi (misi
means miss in
Sranan Tongo).
Different kotos exist for
various occasions like
weddings or funerals...
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speak Dutch, with the
effect that
local creoles such as
Papiamento and
Sranan Tongo which were
based not on
Dutch but
rather other European languages...
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extent Portuguese and
loanwords from
other Surinamese languages such as
Sranan Tongo.
Sarnami is
considered to be the
mother tongue of the Indo-Surinamese...
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language is
derived from
Plantation Creole,
which is
nowadays known as
Sranan Tongo, but the
branches diverged around 1690 and
evolved separately. The...
